QUINCY, Wash. — It’s not the story of a hired gun, but there is a young hot shot Napa Valley winemaker and his father who are crafting some of the Pacific Northwest’s best wines near the Columbia Basin town of Quincy, Wash. Chris Daniel Stewart works with his father, Michael, to produce fewer than 1,000 cases each year at Chris Daniel Winery along Highway 283. This year, … [Read more...] about Napa winemaker produces Platinum’s top wine at Chris Daniel Winery
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Red Mountain-focused Liberty Lake Wine Cellars bats 7-for-7 at Platinum Awards
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — A sign behind the tasting bar at Liberty Lake Wine Cellars reads #RedMtnUnfiltered, and what winemaker Mark Lathrop managed at Great Northwest Wine’s Platinum Awards was unprecedented. Lathrop entered the 2021 Platinum with seven of his wines that had won a gold medal during the previous 12 months. All seven went on to receive a Platinum — a 7-for-7 … [Read more...] about Red Mountain-focused Liberty Lake Wine Cellars bats 7-for-7 at Platinum Awards
Abeja Chardonnay edges DeLille’s Harrison Hill at Great Northwest Invitational
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Judges at the 2021 Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition thumbed their noses at the A-B-C crowd - "Anything but Chardonnay" - by voting the Abeja 2020 Washington State Chardonnay as the best wine of the two-day event. A recount was required before Abeja’s flagship Chardonnay was declared the winner, a single vote separating it from the DeLille … [Read more...] about Abeja Chardonnay edges DeLille’s Harrison Hill at Great Northwest Invitational
Election Day arrives for office-seeking Airfield Estates Winery owner
PROSSER, Wash. — Tonight, Lori Stevens hopes to celebrate her election to the Port of Benton Commission, and it’s a safe bet that she’d toast her supporters with a glass of Washington wine from her family’s Airfield Estates Winery. Stevens is the marketing director and co-owner of Airfield Estates in Prosser. She and her winemaking brother, Marcus Miller, are also the … [Read more...] about Election Day arrives for office-seeking Airfield Estates Winery owner
Quilceda Creek acquires 22 acres of famed Champoux Vineyards from Woodward Canyon
Harvest of acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon at Champoux Vineyards is still weeks away, but the Golitzin family and historic Quilceda Creek Winery in Snohomish, Wash., will announce today that it has picked up an additional 22 acres of vines at Washington state's famed Horse Heaven Hills site from Rick Small and Darcey Fugman-Small of Woodward Canyon Winery. Terms were not … [Read more...] about Quilceda Creek acquires 22 acres of famed Champoux Vineyards from Woodward Canyon